Puccini’s 1904 opera Madama Butterfly – the sixth-most-performed in the world – is often criticized for its Western stereotypes of Eastern cultures. Even the most sensitive modern ...

In Madama Butterfly, an important plot point hinges on Japanese religions, and they don’t seem to be aware that there’s a difference between Buddhism and Shintoism. To a twenty-first-century ...

Nariman Publications is the publisher of the book translated by Mahsa Akbarabadi. “M. Butterfly” intertwines the story of the opera “Madama Butterfly” with the real-life relationship between French ...

AN acclaimed opera is set to return to the stage in Malvern. Madama Butterfly, directed by Ellen Kent, will be performed by the Ukrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv. The show features a Japanese ...

Like a scene out of his cringey HBO masterpiece “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” die-hard Knicks fan Larry David rebuked the owner of the Boston Celtics when he refused to try on his championship ring!

Michael Buckner/Variety/Penske Media via Getty David Lynch's cause of death has been revealed. Nearly a month after the beloved Twin Peaks director died at the age of 78, a death certificate ...

David Lynch, who co-created “Twin Peaks” and directed films such as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive,” has died. He was 78. Lynch’s family revealed his passing via social media on ...

Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard and more have paid tribute to David Lynch, the visionary director behind “Twin Peaks” and “Blue Velvet” who died at 78 years old. “I loved David’s films.

In the wake of celebrated surrealist director David Lynch's death at the age of 78, NASA has joined the throngs of mourners celebrating the life of the "Mulholland Drive" and "Blue Velvet" auteur.

Marvel’s Madame Web, Freancis Ford Coppola’s passion project Megalopolis and presidential biopic Reagan. Not coincidentally, all five are tied with six Razzie noms apiece. Those films ...

It would be impossible to overstate the late David Lynch‘s impact on The A.V. Club, past and present. To pay tribute, we’re touching up some archival posts and lining up additional features ...